The
Citadel Alumni Association named Ernest B. Long of Charleston president
of its 9,000-member group during its annual meeting Nov.10. Long succeeds
Greenville businessman Arthur H. Baiden III.

A 1973 Citadel
graduate, Long is a finance professor at Charleston Southern University.
He also has served as an adjunct finance professor at The Citadel
and College of Charleston business schools and has been employed in
commercial real estate and as a finance and organizational structure
consultant with business and government agencies.

Long received
his master of business administration degree from The Citadel College
of Graduate and Professional Studies and is currently working on his
doctorate in finance.

Long, who is
active in a variety of civic groups, was a former chairman of the
March of Dimes board, a section leader for Trident United Way, a founding
Board member of the Carolina Children's Charity and a past class chairman
for the former Citadel Development Foundation.

In his first
address as alumni association president, Long pledged to keep the
association moving forward by building on such achievements as the
completing the John Monroe J. Holliday Alumni Center and Hollings
Hall and increasing the participation of younger alumni and minority
graduates.

Among his goals
for the coming year are increasing interaction between the Corps of
Cadets and College of Graduate and Professional Studies and bringing
innovative technology to and increasing interaction between alumni
association members through the Internet.

Long and his
wife Lindsay live in Charleston. They have three children, Caroline,
Elizabeth and Bethea.

In other action
at the Nov. 10 meeting, The Citadel Alumni Association named Fred
Price of Columbia president-elect and William Mills of Mt. Pleasant
as vice president. The association also recognized long-time Charleston
physician Dr. Henry Rittenberg as Alumnus of the Year and inducted
Col. Thomas N. Courvoisie as a Distinguished Life Member and retired
Chaplain Col. Sidney T. Crumpton as an Honorary Life Member.